Tajikistan exported US$744.4 million worth of products around the globe in 2016. Highest-value Tajikistani exports are aluminum, lead, gold, zinc, cotton and copper according to the International Trade Centre.

Capital Facts for Dushanbe, Tajikistan: Quick Reference

Geography

Capital landmarks: National Museum of Tajikistan, Noor Art Gallery, Ismaili Centre, National Library of Tajikistan and the Palace of Nations

Famous People

Below, you will find 10 of the most famous people born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan:

Dushanbe city limits contain a land area amounting to 48.1 square miles (124.6 square kilometers). Dushanbe’s estimated population was 679,400 residents in 2016.

Adding in the capital city’s immediate neighboring areas, metropolitan Dushanbe occupies 97 square miles (251 square kilometers) and serves as home to 845,000 people during 2015.

Tajikistan’s national borders provide a land perimeter that contains 54,637 square miles (141,510 square kilometers) and within which there were approximately 8.3 million inhabitants as of July 2016.

Population density is higher within Tajikistan’s capital city with an average 14,100 residents per square mile (5,500 per square kilometer). Density diminishes to an average 8,700 people per square mile (3,400 per square kilometer) throughout Dushanbe’s metropolitan area.

Expanding the scope of the calculation to encompass Tajikistan’s national borders, population density shrinks dramatically to 152 Tajiks per square mile (59 per square kilometer).

Residents celebrate Independence Day (also called National Day) each September 9, following Tajikistan’s breaking free from the Soviet Union on September 9, 1991.